Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games : Analyzing Words, Design, and Play.

In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul exami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paul, Christopher A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture.
Temas:
Video games > Social aspects.
Video games > Design.
Vocabulary.
Visual literacy.
Jeux vidéo > Aspect social.
Jeux vidéo > Conception.
Éducation visuelle.
visual literacy.
Video games > Design
Video games > Social aspects
Visual literacy
Vocabulary
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The New Rhetoric of Video Games; Part I: The Context; 1. Socializing Gamers; 2. Video Games as 'Kid's' Toys; 3. Talking Game Design; 4. Consoles Read Rhetorically; Part II: The Texts; 5. GTA, Humor, and Protagonists; 6. EA Sports and Planned Obsolescence; 7. Rearticulating Rewards in WoW; 8. Theorycraft and Optimization; 9. Balance and Meritocracies; Part III: Using Wordplay; 10. Words, Design, and Play; Notes; References; Index.

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